Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-05-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 6,

Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 6, 1887.
The President. Mrs. Cleveland, the
Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps have
been busy during the past few days
discharging official and social duties
to the Queen of the Sandwich Islands.
The remainder of Washington society
has divided its time between the Jockey
Club races, the opera and the circus.
Each day there has been a full pro-
gramme for the. entertainment of the
Hawaiian visitor, which, after having
been fully carried out, found royalty
very much fatigued and willing to rest.
The Queen weighs about two hundred
pounds, apparently, and Washington
weather is colder than that which
she has recently felt, judging from the
fact that she arrived from Chicago in
a travelling garment of fur. The
events of her first day in Washington
began with a visit to the President, at
noon, accompanied by her suite. All
visitors had been excluded from the
White House at ten o'clock, so that
only few correspondents were in the
corridor when the victoria, drawn by
white horses, drew up under the por-
tico. Mr.. Carter, the Hawaiian Min
lister, in full official uniform of white
cloth, with profusion Of gold braid,
escorted the Queen across the portico
and corridors into the Blue parlor,
where the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land unattended were waiting to re-
ceive the suite. The President ad
vanced, and taking her hand bade her
welcome to our country, presented
Mrs. Cleveland, and after the other
members of the party had been intro
duced by the interpreter, general con-
versation followed. Her majesty wore
a long-trained dress of black satin,
elaborately trimmed with gold braid, a
black bonnet, and carried small fan
of sea-gulrs down with yellow CEN
ter. At the close of the visit, which
did not occupy more than fifteen min
utes, the royal party returned to their
apartments at the Arlington, where, an
hour and half later, Mrs. Cleveland
and the ladies of the Cabinet returned
the Queens call. Two hours, I be-
lieve, is the utmost limit allowed by
the royal etiquette for returning visits.
While at the White House, Queen Kap-
iolani looked very closely at all of her
surroundings, and observed each per-
son present. She has grim cast of
countenance, and in complexion is a
clear brown, similar to and about as
dark as q r,ulatto.
At the dinner given by the Hawa-
iian Minister in honor of his Queen,
the invitations were limited to off,
cials and to those who had visited
Honolulu, or whose names were famil-
lar to the visitors. Among those pre-
sent were Secretaries Bayard, Fair
child, Whitney and Endicott, Post
master General Villas, Gen. Sheridan,
Admirals Porter, Stevens, Temple and
Ammen, Chief Justice Waite, Gen.
Greeley and few others, almost all of
whom were accompanied by ladies.
When sightseeing at the Capitol the
Queen showed special interest in the
Hall Of the Hodse of Representatives.
This, she said, was on account of the
cordial reception accorded to her hus-
band there by Speaker Blaine, when
His Majesty Kalakaua visited this city
several years ago. But she says the
most delightful experience she has had
in America was at the Deaf and Dumb
college in this city. She is greatly in
terested in the work Of educating deaf
mutes, and the President of Kendall
Green, knowing this. arranged an en-
tertainment in her honor and invited
her. Expressing her delight with the
exercises, she made the remark that
she wished she could have embraced
all of the pupils. To-day she visited
the tomb of Washington with a dis
tinguished party as escort. and this
evening she is dining at the White
House.
Ex-Representative Barbour, of Vir-
ginia, who is himself a man of fine
address and elegant manners, was re-
Gently speaking of President Cleve-
land as host and was enthusiastic in
his praise. He thinks he never knew
q man occupying high official posi-
ton more easy Of approach than Mr..
Cleveland. And though he may not
possess as large amount of magnetism
as his political rival in Maine is re-
puted to have, the faculty of putting
his visitors at their ease insures friend
ship from nearly all those who meet
him. Mr.. Barbour said "from the
time he takes your hand in his friendly
grasp, you feel that he regards you as
his equal, socially, and after you have
been in his company five minutes, il
you do not feel thoroughly at home, it
is because you cannot be made to feel
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